page_title: Stepanakert
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Stepanakert / Culture
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Monument "My i Nasze Góry". Stepanakert/Xankəndi, Górski Karabach. English: We Are Our Mountains monument. Stepanakert/Xankəndi, Nagorno-Karabakh. Русский: Монумент Мы — наши горы. Степанакерт/Ханкенди, Нагорный Карабах.
context_page_description: Stepanakert, Khankendi and originally called Vararakn, is the capital and the largest city of the de facto Republic of Artsakh. The Republic has no international recognition, being deemed part of the Republic of Azerbaijan by all countries. As of 2015, the population of Stepanakert is 55,200.
context_section_description: The Vahram Papazyan Drama Theater of Stepanakert was founded in 1932. In 1967, the monumental complex of Stepanakert known as We Are Our Mountains was erected to the north of Stepanakert, It is widely regarded as a symbol of the Armenian heritage of the historic Artsakh. After the independence of Armenia, many cultural and youth centres were reopened. The cultural palace of the city is named after Charles Aznavour.
  Stepanakert is home to the Mesrop Mashtots Republican Library opened in 1924, Artsakh History Museum opened in 1939, Hovhannes Tumanyan Children's Library opened in 1947, Stepanakert National Gallery opened in 1982, and the Memorial Museum of the Martyred Liberators opened in 2002. A new cultural complex of the Armenian heritage of Artsakh is under construction.
  The Artsakh State Museum based in Stepanakert, has an important collection of ancient artifacts and Christian manuscripts.
caption: We Are Our Mountains
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